Emergency services put through their paces at major inter-agency exercise in Cork

A suspected terrorist was ‘injured’ and airlifted to hospital after armed gardaí stormed a suspect vehicle carrying explosives yesterday.

The dramatic incident in Co Cork was part of a major inter-agency exercise staged as part of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Gathering which took place in Kinsale over the last two days.

The scenario marked the culmination of the two-day gathering of expert emergency service delegates from all over the world.